Public service unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, FA, FO, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA have issued a joint statement on the need for urgent action to improve pay for civil servants and public sector employees. They note that due to lack of sufficient investment, the policy currently pursued by the government continues to weaken the civil service and the public service missions that it assumes. The unions argue that the five index-point increase for public sector workers implemented this year was already foreseen in 2023 and that no further increase is planned for 2024.
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